Listen "Uncertainty and Planning for the Future"
Episode Synopsis
Today we put uncertainty and planning for the future in the spotlight! In this episode we combined our personal experiences with research on planning for the future in college. Once you're finished listening to this episode, listen to our previous episodes for more engaging conversations on our lived experiences in college! Our podcast hosts in this episode are Terryn Witherspoon, Ashley Larkins, Aaron Woolfolk, and Jason Teets, Darin Spitzer, and Nathan Brown. The research articles from this episode are listed below:
Azizli, N., Atkinson, B. E., Baughman, H. M., & Giammarco, E. A. (2015). Relationships between general self-efficacy, planning for the future, and life satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 58-60.
Fenning, B. E., & May, L. N. (2013). “Where there is a will, there is an A”: examining the roles of self-efficacy and self-concept in college students’ current educational attainment and career planning. Social Psychology of Education, 16(4), 635-650.
Gray, M. A., Kim, M., Lee, S., & Wang, X. (2021). Simplifying the measurement of college students’ career planning: The development of career student planning scale during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Experimental Results, 2.
Paralkar, U., & Knutson, D. (2021). Coping with academic stress: Ambiguity and uncertainty tolerance in college students. Journal of American College Health, 1-9.
Vaughn, K. E., Srivatsa, N., & Graf, A. S. (2021). Effort praise improves resilience for college students with high fear of failure. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 1521025120986517.
Azizli, N., Atkinson, B. E., Baughman, H. M., & Giammarco, E. A. (2015). Relationships between general self-efficacy, planning for the future, and life satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 82, 58-60.
Fenning, B. E., & May, L. N. (2013). “Where there is a will, there is an A”: examining the roles of self-efficacy and self-concept in college students’ current educational attainment and career planning. Social Psychology of Education, 16(4), 635-650.
Gray, M. A., Kim, M., Lee, S., & Wang, X. (2021). Simplifying the measurement of college students’ career planning: The development of career student planning scale during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Experimental Results, 2.
Paralkar, U., & Knutson, D. (2021). Coping with academic stress: Ambiguity and uncertainty tolerance in college students. Journal of American College Health, 1-9.
Vaughn, K. E., Srivatsa, N., & Graf, A. S. (2021). Effort praise improves resilience for college students with high fear of failure. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 1521025120986517.
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